† mothersomeadj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mother n.1, mother v.1, -some suffix1.
Etymology: < mother n.1 or mother v.1 + -some suffix1.
Obsolete.
rare.
1840 F. Trollope II. iv. 96 I hope excuse, miss, if I seem over mothersome and foolish about him,..but he's a precious boy to me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).